My mum’s laundry is down a few steps, about a metre lower than the rest of the house. Because of this we have bought over a baby gate to put in the doorway to make sure that Kristian doesn’t try to go down and fall. Also it means we can put the cat’s food and water bowls there to make sure he doesn’t mess with them.

I went to put the gate on just now since we just arrived, and noticed some markings in the side of the door frame – measurements of height from Stephanie and Abigail on various dates. So we decided to do some more, with Abby and Kristian. (Stephanie is at school.)

Kristian’s mark for today, 21st May, when he is 1 year, 4 months and 4 days old is about a millimetre higher than Abigail’s mark from 30th April last year.. when she was 2 years and 6 days old.

It’s funny how different they are when they both come from the same lucky dip of genes.